Orbex Sets GMT+3 Server Time and DST Trading Hours From 8 March 2026
Orbex said its server time will move to GMT+3 on 8 March 2026 for the start of US daylight-saving time, with certain instruments trading one hour later until European DST begins on 29 March. The notice says regular hours resume for all instruments on 29 March, though its table shows AUS200 at the same later session after both dates.
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Orbex said US daylight-saving time begins on 8 March 2026 and European daylight-saving time begins on 29 March 2026. Effective 8 March, Orbex server time will be adjusted to GMT+3. The notice says certain instruments will open and close one hour later than usual between 8 and 29 March because of the time difference between the US and Europe, and that the regular trading schedule will resume for all instruments from 29 March.
Later sessions from 8 March
The notice's GMT+3 schedule for after 8 March lists later sessions for CFD commodities COFFEE (12:15-20:30), USCOCOA (12:45-20:30) and COTTON (05:00-21:20); UK and EU shares (11:02-15:00 and 15:03-19:30); and indices AUS200 (01:50-08:30 and 09:10-22:59), ESP35 (10:00-21:59), EUSTX50 (10:00-23:59), FRA40 (10:00-23:59), GER40 (Mon-Thu 02:02-23:59, Fri close 23:12), DE40 (Mon-Thu 02:02-23:59, Fri close 23:55) and HK50 (04:15-07:00, 08:00-11:30 and 12:15-21:59).
Unchanged entries
The table marks no change after 8 March for FX, metals, USOIL, UKOIL, NG, US shares, US30, SPX 500/US500, NAS100/UT100, UK100, JP225 and cryptocurrencies. The same no-change entries also appear in the notice's after-29 March column for those items.
29 March schedules
For the instruments shown with later sessions from 8 March, the notice lists these after-29 March sessions: COFFEE 11:15-20:30; USCOCOA 11:45-20:30; COTTON 04:00-21:20; UK and EU shares 10:02-14:00 and 14:03-18:30; ESP35 09:00-20:59; EUSTX50 09:00-22:59; FRA40 09:00-22:59; GER40 Mon-Thu 01:02-23:59, Fri close 23:12; DE40 Mon-Thu 01:02-23:59, Fri close 23:55; and HK50 03:15-06:00, 07:00-10:30 and 11:15-20:59. The announcement says the regular schedule resumes for all instruments from that date.
Schedule caveats
The notice's table shows AUS200 at 01:50-08:30 and 09:10-22:59 both after 8 March and after 29 March, not reverting to its pre-8 March 00:50-07:30 and 08:10-21:59 sessions. The table also lists EUSTX50 at 02:15-22:59 in the current GMT+2 column and at 10:00-23:59 after 8 March, which is not a one-hour later start; the announcement does not explain these entries.
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